Bernie Bierman | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 11, 1894 Springfield, Minnesota |
| Died |
March 7, 1977 (aged 82) Laguna Hills, California |
Bernard W. Bierman (March 11, 1894 – March 7, 1977) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He coached from 1919 to 1950 except for a span during World War II when he served in the U.S. armed forces. Bierman was the head coach at the University of Montana (1919–1921), Mississippi State University (1925–1926), Tulane University (1927–1931), and his alma mater, the University of Minnesota (1932–1941, 1945–1950), compiling a career college football record of 153–65–12. At Minnesota, Bierman's Golden Gophers compiled a 93–35–6 record, won five national championships and seven Big Ten Conference titles, and completed five undefeated seasons. Bierman was also the head basketball coach at Montana (1919–1922), Mississippi State (1925–1927), and Tulane (1928–1930), tallying a career college basketball mark of 89–51.
Personal life[]
Bierman grew up in Litchfield, Minnesota and was married to Clara McKenzie Bierman. They had two sons, William A. Bierman, a lawyer in St. Paul, Minnesota, and James Bierman, of Los Angeles, California. Bierman was a brother of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.
Head coaching record[]
The Minnesota's Golden Gophers, 1935 National Champions, coaches: Bert Baston, end coach; Bernie Bierman, head coach; and George Hauser, line coach. The fourth varsity tutor, Lowek (Red) Dawson, who coached the backfield, was absent when the photograph was taken
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
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| Montana (Independent) (1919–1921) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Montana | 2–3–2 | |||||||
| 1920 | Montana | 4–3 | |||||||
| 1921 | Montana | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| Montana: | 9–9–3 | ||||||||
| Mississippi State Bulldogs (Southern Conference) (1925–1926) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Mississippi State | 3–4–1 | 1–4 | T–15th | |||||
| 1926 | Mississippi State | 5–4 | 2–3 | 14th | |||||
| Mississippi State: | 8–8–1 | 3–7 | |||||||
| Tulane Green Wave (Southern Conference) (1927–1931) | |||||||||
| 1927 | Tulane | 2–5–1 | 2–5–1 | 18th | |||||
| 1928 | Tulane | 6–3–1 | 3–3–1 | T–10th | |||||
| 1929 | Tulane | 9–0 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1930 | Tulane | 8–1 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1931 | Tulane | 11–1 | 8–0 | T–1st | L Rose | ||||
| Tulane: | 36–10–2 | 24–8–2 | |||||||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1932–1941) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Minnesota | 5–3 | 2–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1933 | Minnesota | 4–0–4 | 2–0–4 | T–1st | |||||
| 1934 | Minnesota | 8–0 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1935 | Minnesota | 8–0 | 5–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 1936 | Minnesota | 7–1 | 4–1 | T–2nd | 1 | ||||
| 1937 | Minnesota | 6–2 | 5–0 | 1st | 5 | ||||
| 1938 | Minnesota | 6–2 | 4–1 | 1st | 10 | ||||
| 1939 | Minnesota | 3–4–1 | 2–3–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1940 | Minnesota | 8–0 | 6–0 | 1st | 1 | ||||
| 1941 | Minnesota | 8–0 | 5–0 | 1st | 1 | ||||
| Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks (Independent) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Iowa Pre-Flight | 7–3 | |||||||
| Iowa Pre-Flight: | 7–3 | ||||||||
| Minnesota Golden Gophers (Big Ten Conference) (1945–1950) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Minnesota | 4–5 | 1–5 | T–8th | |||||
| 1946 | Minnesota | 5–4 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1947 | Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1948 | Minnesota | 7–2 | 5–2 | 3rd | 16 | ||||
| 1949 | Minnesota | 7–2 | 4–2 | 3rd | 8 | ||||
| 1950 | Minnesota | 1–7–1 | 1–4–1 | 7th | |||||
| Minnesota: | 93–35–6 | 57–28–6 | |||||||
| Total: | 153–65–12 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| †Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl. #Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
References[]
External links[]
- B at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Bernie Bierman at Find a Grave
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